Two members of our GIFTTeam attended the Year of Mercy Mass at Salford Cathedral on Friday with Mrs Hale and Mrs Spencer.

The video from our recent visit will hopefully be uploaded here shortly! Watch this space...

 We have been learning about Handa's surprise in Reception class this term. We have enjoyed retelling the story using puppets. 

In Science, Year 5 have been investigating how materials change. We mixed vinegar with bicarbonate of soda and observed how carbon dioxide was formed. This caused the raisins to dance as the bubbles attached to them and they floated to the surface. We are now monitoring them in class and can't wait to find out what happens next!

Apologies for any confusion as the May Day Holiday is the 2nd May not the 4th May as previously stated.

As a part of the Queen's 90th Birthday celebrations Reception Class will be holding a Clean for the Queen event on the 29th April. We will be cleaning up litter around our school and field. 

Father Martin came in to answer questions from Year 6 today about vocation and his experiences when training to become a priest.

Year 6 are entering a Creative Writing Competition. Click here to view the writing prompt. We will upload the 3 stories selected to go forward for consideration at the end of the week.

Year 6 are using sumdog to enhance their maths skills.

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Click here to watch a video from Year 6's recent trip to Robinwood!

All our children completed a sponsored jump to raise money for an AED!

Our school council met for the first time on Friday 11th September. They elected a new Chair Person (Max), Vice-Chair (Bradley) and Secretary (Elle). They have come up with some great ideas for how they want their school to improve!

Wow! What a day. All the children completed in our Sports Day today and had a wonderful time. Have a scroll through the gallery below to see what happened!

Here are some photographs from Year 6's recent Bikeability Training!

Here are some pictures from Year 6's trip to Blackpool!

Years 4, 5 and 6 took part in a Triathlon at Accrington Academy on Tuesday 23rd June. Here are some pictures from the event!

Our Summer Music Evening was held on Tuesday 23rd June. It featured lots of great performances by our school band, various ensembles, our infant and junior choirs and, of course, our year 6 soloists. Everybody who attended commented on how talented all our musicians are and how much they enjoyed the musical entertainment. Well done to all those involved!

All the Year 4 children completed a Triathlon at Accrington Academy this week. They all thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Here they all are pictured with their medals!

Year 4 used their story of 'Hansel and Gretel' as inspiration for their Design and Technology work. They also linked their Maths work in by making sure each face was symmetrical!

We enjoyed a ukelele demonstration by Mr Gradwell in school before half-term. Here is a picture of our first ever Ukelele band. Mr Gradwell will be in school in the future to deliver lessons on the ukelele.

During our Creative Week we had a performance of 'Alice in Wonderland' by the Manchester Actor's Company. Here is a picture from their performance.

What a fantastic week we had reading and acting out various Traditional Tales and Fairy Tales. The highlight of the week was when we all came into school dressed as our favourite characters from different books. Here is a picture of the winners from each class. Can you guess who they are?

Year 5 and 6 have started a series of 6 workshops with blackburn Rovers Football Club. They are learning all about keeping healthy as well as playing different sports. Here they are playing football!

Year 6 had a wonderful day in Blackpool after completing their SATs. They learnt the Cha Cha Cha in the famous 'Tower Ballroom' before having a trip to the top of the tower. After lunch, they had a walk along the sea front as they made their way to the Sea Life Centre. A fantastic day was had by all!

Here are some pictures from our Christmas Jumper Day on Wednesday 17th December 2014. All the children had a really fun day!

Check out the Gallery to see the great time we had during our first BIG DRAW event.

On Tuesday Year 6 made salt dough to develop their skills with moldable materials.

Visit the on line gallery under 'Arts' to see what they made.

Last half term Year 6 made some fantastic puppets. Visit the on line GALLERY in 'Arts' to see more.

Hi everybody and welcome back to a new school year here at St. Charles. We hope you have had an enjoyable summer and are refreshed and ready for whatever the new school year has to offer here at St. Charles.